My favourite Belgian beer - can I get get it cheap ?

david4791

Hello'
Tried and tested this fab Belgian beer from O Briens @ €3.79 , know anywhere to purchase at much lower price ?


Beer called Trappists rochefort 9%

Geuze

Trappist beers are non-commercial, in many ways, so production is limited, and prices higher.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort_Brewery

The Rochefort monks brew 18,000 hl per year.


You are looking for the Rochefort 8, which is 9.2%. A lovely beer.

Geuze

Drinkstore, Stoneybatter, Dublin

http://www.drinkstore.ie/WORLD-%26-CRAFT-BEER-BELGIUM/?subcategory=TRAPPIST

4.50 per bottle, so your price seems good.

Geuze

http://www.beerhawk.co.uk/rochefort-rochefort-8.html

3.49 stg in the UK.

david4791

O Briens price seems quite good so

irish_goat

You'd be sickened by how cheap the stuff(and most Belgian beer) is to buy in Belgium.

Grayditch

Bleedin' nearly a fiver for a beer? You'd get way more Fosters for your money, rip off fancy beer CELTIC TIGER STILL ALIVE AND WELL IN IRELAND.


Kidding of course. Rochefort 8 is an incredible beer. I'm used to paying 4.99 in Molloys, it'd be nice to get it a bit cheaper.

munchkin_utd

irish_goat wrote: »

You'd be sickened by how cheap the stuff(and most Belgian beer) is to buy in Belgium.

Still dear enough to be fair.
I can hoke out my last reciept but I think I was paying up on 2euro a bottle in the supermarket for the likes of Rochefort and Westmalle the last time I was stocking up and over 2 for the stronger versions.

Leffe though can be got on deal in Belgium, sometimes an 8 pack with 2 free or whatnot and thats on top of a price per bottle that is normally a fair bit lower than the trappists and other smaller breweries. Even in Ireland theres sometimes deals in Lidl on Leffe which isnt as good as rochefort but still is more than drinkable.

Beer in germany though is for a pittance all right.
I paid 2.49 for a 6pack of Franziskaner recently(41c/bottle) and a tenner for a crate of 20 Spaten oktoberfest (50c/bottle) which this year is just lovely!
The pils brands like Hasseroder or Bitburger are sometimes on offer for 8 or 9 euro a crate so again 40 or 50c/bottle.

david4791

Very true goat, been there couple of years ago

drumswan

munchkin_utd wrote: »

Still dear enough to be fair.
I can hoke out my last reciept but I think I was paying up on 2euro a bottle in the supermarket for the likes of Rochefort and Westmalle the last time I was stocking up and over 2 for the stronger versions.

Leffe though can be got on deal in Belgium, sometimes an 8 pack with 2 free or whatnot and thats on top of a price per bottle that is normally a fair bit lower than the trappists and other smaller breweries. Even in Ireland theres sometimes deals in Lidl on Leffe which isnt as good as rochefort but still is more than drinkable.

Beer in germany though is for a pittance all right.
I paid 2.49 for a 6pack of Franziskaner recently(41c/bottle) and a tenner for a crate of 20 Spaten oktoberfest (50c/bottle) which this year is just lovely!
The pils brands like Hasseroder or Bitburger are sometimes on offer for 8 or 9 euro a crate so again 40 or 50c/bottle.

Leffe blonde and Franziskaner are hardly comparable to Trappistes Rochefort 8 though.

munchkin_utd

drumswan wrote: »

Leffe blonde and Franziskaner are hardly comparable to Trappistes Rochefort 8 though.

prices of beers across countries are comparable and giving a range of prices of beers which are available in Ireland and abroad can at least be instructive in getting a feel as to whether markup on a beer is justified or not.

I have almost a crate full of Rochefort and Westmalle in my basement so its not that I'm suggesting that Leffe is the same or anything, but I do always get in some Leffe (and german beers) or I'd be bankrupted by the cost of the Trappist stuff - even at Belgian prices.